The world of chess had a rather tumultuous end to 2024, with top players like Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura taking on FIDE, the global governing body of chess. Carlsen and Nakamura accused FIDE ...

This is the first tournament of India’s D Gukesh as world champion. The Tata Steel Chess 2025 is set to captivate chess enthusiasts worldwide from January 18 to February 2. As one of the most ...

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Grand Slam giant killings do not come much more sizeable than Joao Fonseca's stunning straight-sets victory over ninth seed Andrey Rublev in the Australian Open first round on Tuesday. It was ...

In his major main draw debut on Tuesday, 18-year-old prodigy Joao Fonseca upset World No. 9 Andrey Rublev in straight sets, 7-6, 6-3, 7-6, to advance to the second round of the 2025 Australian Open.

And No. 9 Andrey Rublev became the highest-ranked player -- so far -- to exit early through an upset at the first Grand Slam tournament of the tennis season. Advertisement "I'm happy that I ...

Andrey Rublev shares he didn't feel like living in mid-2024 as his inner thoughts were becoming too much and he was at the point where he started wondering if he could take it anymore. Last year ...

In a round of few upsets, Tuesday saw perhaps the most surprising. Russian Andrey Rublev, seeded ninth, was upset by qualifier Joao Fonseca, an 18-year-old from Brazil. He stormed into his Grand ...

Fearless 18-year-old qualifier Joao Fonseca declared he wants “more and more” after beating ninth seed Andrey Rublev in straight sets on his Grand Slam debut on Tuesday in a major Australian ...

Andrey Rublev, last season, showed evident personal discomfort by physically projecting himself onto the court with excessive reactions. For example, during the Paris Rolex Masters, the Russian ...

Ninth seed Andrey Rublev will take on the 2024 Next Gen Finals champion Joao Fonseca in the first round of the 2025 Australian Open on Tuesday (Jan. 14). This is going to be one of the most ...